In 20XX, a war broke out within the shadows of modern society, where a world of magic and mystical creatures existed. The magic using magi broke into two major factions. What started as a difference of belief spiraled into a full blown war.
After leaving the battlefield, a man finds himself being thrown back into it after a missing person's case brings a new threat.
This is a short story.

The Gauntlet, the test of admission into the elite magical organization Shardesse, is a world-spanning, cross-country test of endurance, intelligence, knowledge, skill and cooperation. Thieves and scholars, warriors and writers, knights and rogues, each with a touch of magic. They all come together to test themselves against the Gauntlet. Against them is everything the world has to bar their way.